Cart or wagon.



w. E. SHERWOOD.

.CART on WAGON. APPLICAYION TILED ml. 19. l9l6.

Patented 00a 22, 1918.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, I915.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed January 19, 1916. Serial No. 73,016.

To all ulfiom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. SHER- woon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canastota, in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Cart or Wagon, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates enerall to wagons, and has for its object 51c pro uctionof a childs cart especially adapted for coasting, and otherhard usages, which cart is particularly sim lo and strong in construction and highly e cient and durable in use, and one object especially is a construction by which springs are applied to such carts with out liability of being broken; and the invention consists in the-novel combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Fi re 1 is a side elevation of a cart embod in my invention, the box beingl shown as isp acedupwardly away from t e platform.

Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, front and rear elevations of my wagon, Fig. Q'being partlyin section.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 5 is an enlar ed sectional view on line A-A, Fig. 3, sfiowing a construction common toboth the front and rear bolsters and contiguous parts.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the brake of this wagon.

This wagon comprises generally, a body and running gear supportlng the body.

The body, includes a platform 1 and a box 2 mounted on the platform and removable therefrom, the box being here shown as formed with pins or dowels 3 which fit into complemental openings 4 on the platform 1.

The'platform 1 and box 2 are also pro-.

vided with a particularly simple means for this means being here looking the same,

keepers 5 provided on shown as comprising the sides of the box 2 midway between the ends thereof and projecting below the lower edge of the box and through slots in the platform 1, and under side of the platform and movable into and out of en agement with thekeepers 5. The lower en s of the keepers 5 are here shown ashook shaped, and the latch 6 is alatch 6 located on the Patented Oct. 22,1913.

usually a lever pivoted at 7 between its ends a and having its opposite end portions movable in opposite directions into and out of engagement with the hook-shaped lower endsof the. keepers, these hook-shaped lower ends facing in opposite-directions. The latch 6 is normally ,i moved into its operative position by a coiled spring 8 connected at one end to the lever. and at its other end to theplatform 1.

The running gear includes front and rear axles, 9, 10 having the wheels 11 and 12 mounted thereon, bolsters between the axles and the platform- 1, springs interposed between the bolsters and the axles and front and .rear braces connecting the bolsters and the platform 1.

13 designates the front bolster and 14 the rear bolster, these bolsters being formed with down turned ends 15 and 16 respectively at their opposite ends and with horizontal portions at the upper endsof the vertical portions 15, 16, each vertical portion 15 or 16 being formed with a vertical slot 17 through which the axle 9 or 10 passes. Suitable springs.18 a-re interposed between the horizontal portions of thebolsters adjacent the vertical ortions 15, 16, and the axle.

As here s own the springs 18 are coiled compression springs which are seated at their opposite ends in seats or sockets 19, 20 provided on thebolsters and the axles..and secured thereto by suitable fastening members as bolts or rivets 2 1, 22. The slots 17 constitute means for holding the axles from forward and rearward displacement and for guiding the axles and bolsters during relative vertical movement, and the upper and lower end walls of the slots constitute stops for limiting such relative vertical movement so that the springs will not become dislodged or crushed. The sockets 19 and 20 may, however, be provided 'with sides deep enough to prevent undue crushing of the s rings.

The front bolster 13 is composed of ower and upper sections which are associated respectively with the front axle and the body of the cart and are connected together'by a king bolt and fifth wheel. The lower section 23 18 formed of metal straps, one of which includes an intermediate ortion 24 with the down turned ends 15 an tion 25 adjacent said downturned ends. The lower section also includes a strap 26, the intermediate part of which is spaced apart from the of which are lapped under the horizontal portions 25, and are secured thereto by the rivet or bolt 21 which secures the spring socket sections 19 to the bolster section 23, the ends 27 bein interposed between the spring seats or soci portions 25 of the upper strap 24., The straps 24, 26 are provided with openings for the king bolt, and a sleeve 28 is interposed between the spaced apart portions of these straps in alinement with king bolt 29.

The upper section 30 of the front bolster, is a sheet metal strap connected at its ends by bolts 31 to the wagon body, or to a strip 32 extending transversely of the wagon body, this strap 30 having its intermediate portion offset from the body, the offset portion comprising downwardly converging sides, and a horizontal central piece 33 connecting the ends of the converging sides and formed with an opening for the king bolt 29. A sleeve 34 is interposed between the horizontal piece33 and the strip 32 in alinement with the king bolt opening. Fifth wheel sections 35 and 36 are mounted respectively on the upper and lower sections of the front bolster concentric with the king bolt 29 and are secured to said sections in any suitable manner as by bolts or rivets. The central horizontal piece 33 is formed with an upwardly projecting boss 37 through which the kin bolt passes, the boss providing a recess on t e under side-of the central piece 33 in which the front end of the brace, to be described extends. Forwardly extendin tongue straps 38 are connected at 39 to the ower section of the front bolster and a tongue or handle 40 is pivoted at 41 to the front ends of the straps.

The rear bolster 14 comprises a sheet metal strap including an intermediate portion 42 secured to the platform 1, or a transverse strip 43 on the under side thereof, and having downwardly extending legs 42 terminating in laterally extending. horlzontal portions 44 from the outer ends of which extend the vertical slotted portions 16, previously referred to. The rear bolster also includes a an opening for the a horizontal porstrap 24, and the end portions 27 parts 44 of the rear bolster, by

ets 19 and the horizontal carts which vertical eeann but,.substantially paral e1 thereto and connected at its ends to the horizontal portions 44 of the strap 42. The spring seats 19 and 20 for the rear springs are interposed between the ends of this bar or strap 45 and the opposing parts of the rear axle and the fastening members 21 which secure these spring seats in position, also secure the bar 45 at its ends to the horizontal strap 42.

46 is the front brace, the front end of which extends through the recess formed by the raised portion 37 of the upper section of the front bolster, and the rear end of which is secured to a strip '47 on the under side of the platform 1. 48 are the rear braces connected at their rear ends to the horizontal members 21 which secure the rear spring seats 19 in position. These braces 48 are secured at their front ends to a strip 49 secured to the under side of the platform 1.

50 designates a brake lever pivotally mounted on a stud 51 extending laterally from a bracket iron' 52 secured to the under side of the platform 1 above one rear wheel 12, and this lever is provided with friction means for holding it at any pivotal angle.

part of the the fastening Y This friction means consists of a coiled spring 53 located in an axial socket extending inwardly from the inner side of the lever and counterbored with respect to the axial bore or pivotal opening of said lever, the spring 53 pressing in opposite directions against the bottom of this counter bore and against a washer 54 interposedbetween the lever and the bracket iron.

Owing to the construction of the brake lever it will stay in any pivotal position, and hence cannot fall .down out of reach or become displaced, and is always in such position that it can be easily grabbed when nG- essary.

The running gear construction is particularly simple and strong and provides a simple way of applying springs to this class of springs will withstand the hard usage to which these carts are subiected".

What'I claim is:

1. A. wagon having an axle, a bolster above the axle, one of said, partshaving vertically extending straps formed with slots through which the other part extends and springs interposed between the bolster and the axle adjacent said straps substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A wagon comprisin an axle, a bolster located above the axle an including a metal strap having vertical portions at its opposite ends, said vertical portions being formed with vertical slots through which the axle passes, and springs located adjacent said portions and interposed between the axle and the bolster, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A wagon having an axle, a bolster above the axle, including a metal stra having vertical portions at its ends an substantially horizontal portions extending 1nwardly adjacent the vertical portions, the

I intermediate portion spa king bolt passes, I an vertical portions being formed with slots through'which the axle passes, s ring seats on the horizontal portions of. the olster and on the opposingl portions of the axle, and coiled s rings aving their ends in said seats, su stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A wagon comprising a body, and runin gear comprising front and rear axles, bo ters above the axles including vertical ortions located at the opposite ends of the lsters, and formed with vertical slots through which the axles ass, springs interposed between the, said orizontal ortions of the bolsters and the opposing en s of the axles, and braces connecting the bolsters and for the purpose set forth.

5. A wagon comprising a body, an axle, a bolster above the axle includlng vertical portions located at o posite ends of the bolster and formed wit vertical slots through i the body of. the wagon, substantially as and vl hichthe axle passes and inwardly extenda ing horizontal portions at the upper ends of the vertical portions, springs interposed between the horizontal portions and the axles, and braces connected to the body and to the, horizontal portions of the bolsters, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. A wagon comprising a body, an axle, and a bolster including two sections, one section being associated with the body and the other with the axle, a king bolt connecting; the sections, the lower section being formed of sheet metal straps having their end portions lying one on the other and the intermediate portions spaced apart and formed with openin s through which the a sleeve located between the intermediate portions, in alinement with said kin ,bolt openings, and the upper section inclu ing a strap connected at its opposite ends to the bod and having its apart from the .wagon body and including a central horiz'ont'al POItlOIl. op osed to the lower section of the bolster, an formed with an openin for the kin bolt, and a sleeve interpos betwen the ody and the horizontal portion bolt passing throng of the upper section in alinement with the king bolt openin substantially as and for the purpose set. orth.

7. A wagon comprising a body, an axle, a bolster including two sections, a' king the sections, one section being associated with the body and the other with the axle, the upper section comprising above the axle comprising a strap a metal strap connected at its opposite ends to the body and having its'intermediate portion offset from the ody and including a central horizontal part 0p osed to the lower section of the bolster, an formed with an opening for the king bolt, and a sleeve interposed between the body, and the central part of said upper section in alinement with the king bolt opening, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. A wagon comprising a body, an axle, a bolster including two sections, one being associated with the body and the other with the axle, the upperv section comprising a through which the king bolt passes, and a brace having one end seated in said recess and formed with a hole in alinement with a king bolt opening, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. A wagon comprising an axle, a bolster having an offset intermediate ortion and orizontally extending portions ocated at opposite ends which are formed with slots for receivin the axle, said section also including a second strap opposed to the offset intermediate portion of the first strap and being spaced apart therefrom and having its ends secured to the horizontal portions ofthe first strap adjacent the vertical portions thereof, spring seats provided on said horizontal ortions and on the'opposing portions of t e axle, and'coiled springs interposed between said seats, substantial y as and for the purpose described.

bolster' above the rear ax e,havin vertically extending portions formedwith slots through whichthe rear axle passes, inwardly extending horizontal portions at the upper ends of the vertical portions and an upwardly extending ofiset portion projecting above the horizontal portions and being secured to the wagon bod and a bar extending substantially parallel to the axle, and above the same and connected at its ends to the horizontal portions of the bolster, and

springs interposed between said horizontal portions of the bolster and the op osing ends of the axle substantially as and or the purpose s ecilied.

11. wagon comprising a rear axle, a

bolster above the rear axle having vertically extending portions formed with slots throu h which the rear axle passes, inwardly exten ing horizontal portions at the upper ends 'of the vertical portions, an upwardly extending offset portion projecting above the horizontal portions and being secured to the wagon body, and ztbar extending substantially parallel to the axle and above the same and connected at its ends to the horizontal portions of the bolster,

l. springs interposed between said horizontal portions of the bolster and the opposing ends of the axle, and braces secured to said horizontal portions of the bolster and to the wagon body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, this 20th day of October, 1915.

WILLIAM E. SHERWOOD. 

